BG - 14.13

अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन।।14.13।।

aprakāśho ’pravṛittiśh cha pramādo moha eva cha tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe kuru-nandana

• aprakāśhaḥ - nescience
• apravṛittiḥ - inertia
• cha - and
• pramādaḥ - negligence
• mohaḥ - delusion
• eva - indeed
• cha - also
• tamasi - mode of ignorance
• etāni - these
• jāyante - manifest
• vivṛiddhe - when dominates
• kuru-nandana - the joy of the Kurus, Arjun

Translation

Darkness, inertia, carelessness, and delusion—these arise when Tamas is predominant, O Arjuna.

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